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17 paź 2023 · There is now an oral suspension formulation of metronidazole which has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of giardiasis in dogs and can be integrated into existing treatment regimens where appropriate.
It has been said that treatment of the dog can be quite effective with sulfa drugs, such as Albon™ which is a brand name for the sulfa drug sulfadimethoxine made by Pfizer. It is an antibacterial (and some say antiprotozoal) medication, targeting the secondary bacterial enteritis associated with coccidiosis in dogs.
Although there are no licensed treatments for Giardia in livestock, both fenbendazole and albendazole (5–20 mg/kg per day, for 3 days) have been shown to reduce cyst shedding in both sheep and cattle and provide some clinical benefit (decreased diarrhea and increase weight gain). Paromomycin (50–75 mg/kg, per day, for 5 days) has also been ...
While there have been multiple drugs used for the treatment of giardiasis in dogs and cats, there are few studies that utilized dose titrations and evaluation of drugs in experimentally infected animals.
1 lis 2010 · • Treat animals with efficacious agents (3 - 5 day course of fenbendazole or Drontal Plus for dogs; a 7 day course of metronidazole for cats) prior to moving: move on the last day of Tx. • Remove all solid fecal material
Treatment options currently available or used historically include metronidazole, tinidazole, ipronidazole, ronidazole, fenbendazole, albendazole, pyrantel/praziquantel/febantel, quinacrine, and furazolidone (Table 1). Newer drugs being studied include paromomycin and nitazoxanide.
The administration of three consecutive daily doses of the recommended 1x dose of Drontal Plus flavour tablets (Bayer) was examined for its effect on Giardia sp. cyst-shedding in 7 treated and 7 untreated random-source dogs.
